Parenting TV shows ‘may harm children’

The NSPCC is to set up a body to advice production companies on safeguarding children and young people involved in reality television.

The NSPCC has previously criticised the Channel 4 series Bringing Up Baby, in which parents were advised to ignore their babies’ cries, and The Baby Borrowers, in which babies were left with inexperienced teenagers.

It will ask professional nursing and medical associations to set up the group.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission is withdrawing its backing for a court case that will determine whether local authorities have the right to delay paying women the same amount as men in order to avoid cutting the wages of male staff.